Leading expert in Medieval and Renaissance manuscript illumination, Les Enluminures offers for sale original illuminated manuscripts, books of hours, miniatures and works of art from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. To hold and to turn the pages of a manuscript is to touch hands directly with medieval Europe.
Visitors are welcome in our Paris, Chicago and New York locations by appointment.
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The Wonderland of Books of Hours
Online Publication. Text by Sandra Hindman March 3, 2023 Sitting on the bank by her sister, who is reading, Alice ponders “and what is the use of a book … without pictures or conversations.” You know what comes next.... Read more -
Events
The King of Beasts: an Exceptional Renaissance Gem from the Marlborough Collection
New York March 30 - May 9, 2023 Read more -
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The New York Antiquarian Book Fair
New York April 27 - 30, 2023 Read more -
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Video: The Roman de la Rose
June 1, 2021 The Roman de la Rose (or the Romance of the Rose) is perhaps the greatest love story in French literature. It is a poem written in Old French around 1230... Read more -
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Podcast - Episode 50: Les Enluminures celebrates 10 Years in New York
Our 50th podcast celebrates Les Enluminures’s Ten Years in New York. Join President and Founder Sandra Hindman and Helen Allen, Executive Director of New York’s celebrated art fair The Winter... Read more -
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